Buckle



(.No Model.)

T. 0. POTTER.

BUGKLE.

Nd. 263,807. Patented sept. 5, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS O. POTTER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,807, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

' Application filed J une 29, 1882. (No model.)

To alt whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS O. POTTER, of Boston, in the county otSuffolk and State ot' Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,haveinventedanew and usel'ullinprovementin Buckles, ot' which thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, inexplaining its nature, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of aportion ot a pair of Suspenders with the buckles thereon. Fig. 2 is anenlarged horizontal section on the line :c x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is adetail view of one end of the blankfronn which the buckle is formed, andFig. 4 represents a moditied form of construction.

IThis invention consists in providing the pivot ends of a buckle-tonguewith a double bearing, whereby the buckle-back may be made of thinnermetal than is now employed and still a sufficient bearing for the tonguebe provided, because double the thickness of metal is utilized informing the bearing.

Referring to the drawings, a is the tongue or jaw; a', the pivot endsthereof; b, the blank for the buckle back or frame. This back or framehas the wings c and the ears c', which form a part of the blank, andwhich are bent upward at right angles thereto and on line with thewings. Both the portions c and the` parts c have the bearing-holes d forthe pivot ends of the tongue, and the pivot ends of course are made longenough to pass through the iuner bearing and into the outerbearing,butnot necessarily beyond the outer bearing.` lf, however, it is sodesired, the outer bearing may be extended outwardly by forming thereina socket which shall be ot' the sauie size as the remainder of thebearing. This construction is shown in Fig. 2. The two bearings, wings,or projections may be closedtogether, as shown in Fig. 2, or they may beseparated, yas shown in Fig. ,4.

The advantages of this invention consist principally in the providing oftwo bearings for each pivot end of the tongue, and in the eheapness ofmanufacture, which arises from the ability to use thinner metal than hasheretofore been employed, while at the same time a'stronger constructionis obtained.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent 'of the United States 1. A buckle having doublebearings d for the pivot ends a of the buckle tongue or jaw.

2. The combination, in a buckle, ot' the projections c and win gs c,formed from the buckleblank, as described, and provided with thebearing-holes d, with the tongue or jaw a, having pivots a', allsubstantially as and for the purposes described.

THOMAS O. POTTER. Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, WILLAED G. Foce..

